Cam and non-circular gear pair for unpowered multi-joint synchronous training device, manufacturing method thereof, transmission mechanism using the same, and unpowered multi-joint synchronous training device

ABSTRACT

The invention provides a cam for an unpowered multi joint synchronous training device, wherein the cam has a circular main body, a cam slot is disposed on a first side surface of the circular main body, and a contour of the cam slot is configured such that rotational movement of the cam drives a follower provided in the cam slot to perform variable-speed reciprocation motion along a predetermined horizontal axis, wherein for each rotation of the cam, the follower performs reciprocating motion once between a first position and a second position; the first position and the second position are respectively positions of the follower along the horizontal axis when the follower is at positions of the contour closest to, and farthest from, a center of the circular main body; and the reciprocating motion drives a driven object connected to the follower to perform variable-speed oscillation within a range of an angle. The invention further provides a non-circular gear pair for an unpowered multi joint synchronous training device, a method of manufacturing the cam and the non-circular gear pair, a transmission mechanism using the cam and the non-circular gear pair, and an unpowered multi joint synchronous training device using the transmission mechanism.

FIELD

The invention relates to a transmission mechanism and a rehabilitationtraining device, and specifically, designs a transmission mechanism foran unpowered multi-joint synchronous training device, and an unpoweredmulti-joint synchronous training device having the same.

BACKGROUND

With increase of the number of physically-challenged persons, the agedoccupies a large proportion. As is shown in results of the secondnational sample survey on the disabled persons, currently, the nationalphysically-challenged patients are about 24 millions, and progressiveincrease by millions every year. With continuous intensifying of thedegree of aging of population in China, the physically-challengedpersons caused by cerebrovascular disease are also growing.

The survey also shows that the requirement for medical assistance,support and rehabilitation service to the increasingphysically-challenged persons becomes larger, and currently, therehabilitation techniques in China are also one-to-one rehabilitationtreatment with traditional rehabilitation devices and rehabilitationtechnicians, so a large number of rehabilitation technicians shallparticipate therein.

Some families miss the optimum rehabilitation time due to economicissue, and clinical research shows that most of hemiplegic patients canpartially or wholly restore function of limb movement when performingrehabilitation training with rehabilitation training devices.

Currently, many scientific research institutions and corporations inChina have begun in development of the rehabilitation training devices,but cost of development of intelligent devices is high, and it isdifficult for the families of normal patients to bear such high cost.Meanwhile, relative to one-to-one unarmed training mainly depending ontherapists of the traditional rehabilitation treatment of limb functiondisability, training intensity, durability and treatment effect alsocannot be effectively ensured.

Therefore, a lower limb rehabilitation training device for use ofordinary patients shall be developed, which ensures intensity ofrehabilitation training, durability and treatment effect.

SUMMARY

An object of the invention is to provide an advised lower limbrehabilitation training device, which may provide one-to-onerehabilitation training to limb function disabled patients only throughsimple operation of therapists or operators without having electricarrangement and corresponding complex control program.

To realize the object, according to one aspect, the invention provides acam for an unpowered multi joint synchronous training device, whereinthe cam has a circular main body, a cam slot is disposed on a first sidesurface of the circular main body, and a contour of the cam slot isconfigured such that rotational movement of the cam drives a followerprovided in the cam slot to perform variable-speed reciprocation motionalong a predetermined horizontal axis, wherein,

for each rotation of the cam, the follower performs reciprocating motiononce between a first position and a second position on the predeterminedhorizontal axis;

the first position is a position of the follower along the horizontalaxis when the follower is at a position of the contour closest to acenter of the circular main body, and the second position is a positionof the follower along the horizontal axis when the follower is at theposition of the contour farthest from the center of the circular mainbody; and

the reciprocating motion drives a driven object connected to thefollower to perform variable-speed oscillation within a range of anangle.

According to another aspect, the invention further provides anon-circular gear pair for an unpowered multi joint synchronous trainingdevice, comprising a driving non-circular gear and a driven non-circulargear in driving engagement with the driving non-circular gear, wherein,

the driving non-circular gear and the driven non-circular gear have thesame number of teeth and a fixed center distance,

a pitch line of the driving non-circular gear and the drivennon-circular gear is configured such that for each rotation of thedriving non-circular gear, the driving non-circular gear drives afollower disposed on a first side surface of the driven non-circulargear to perform variable-speed reciprocating motion once between a firstposition and a second position;

the first position is a position of the follower closest to an axis ofrotation of the driving non-circular gear, and the second position is aposition of the follower farthest from the axis of rotation of thedriving non-circular gear; and

the variable-speed reciprocating motion drives a driven object connectedto the follower to perform variable-speed oscillation within a range ofan angle.

According to another aspect, the invention further provides a method ofmanufacturing a cam, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a circular main body, and disposing a follower on a sidesurface of the circular main body, the follower being movable on theside surface only in a horizontal direction;

(b) allowing the follower to perform variable-speed reciprocating motiononce between a first position and a second position on the side surfaceof a disk sheet;

(c) rotating the disk sheet at a constant speed while executing the step(b), wherein a period when the follower performs the variable-speedreciprocating motion once is the same as a period when the disk sheetrotates once; and

(d) taking a trace of movement of the follower on the side surface ofthe disk sheet as a cam contour to form a cam slot on the side surfaceof the circular main body, wherein a distance between the first positionand a center of the circular main body is equal to a distance between aposition of the cam contour closest to the center and the center, and adistance between the second position and the center is equal to adistance between a position of the cam contour farthest from the centerand the center.

According to another aspect, the invention further provides a method ofmanufacturing a non-circular gear pair, comprising the steps of:

providing a driving non-circular gear and a driven non-circular gearengaged with each other, wherein the driving non-circular gear and thedriven non-circular gear have the same number of teeth and a fixedcenter distance, and

disposing a follower on a side surface of the driven non-circular gear,wherein a pitch line of the driving non-circular gear and the drivennon-circular gear is configured such that for each rotation of thedriving non-circular gear, the driving non-circular gear drives thefollower to perform variable-speed reciprocating motion once between afirst position and a second position, wherein,

the first position is a position of the follower closest to an axis ofrotation of the driving non-circular gear, and the second position is aposition of the follower farthest from the axis of rotation of thedriving non-circular gear; and

the variable-speed reciprocating motion drives a driven object connectedto the follower to perform variable-speed oscillation within a range ofan angle.

According to another aspect, the invention further provides atransmission mechanism for an unpowered multi joint synchronous trainingdevice, comprising:

a wheel assembly;

a transmission assembly in driving connection with the wheel assembly;

a drive assembly in driving connection with the transmission assembly,and having the cam as described; and

a leg rod assembly connected to the drive assembly through a connectingrod, such that the leg rod assembly oscillates under driving of thetransmission assembly.

According to another aspect, the invention further provides an unpoweredmulti joint synchronous training device, comprising:

a body frame; and

a first transmission mechanism and a second transmission mechanismmounted on both sides of the body frame, and being the transmissionmechanism as described; wherein, a drive assembly of the firsttransmission mechanism and a drive assembly of the second transmissionmechanism are connected by a shaft lever, and have a directionaldifference of 180°.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective diagram of an unpowered multi joint synchronoustraining device according to one embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a wheel assembly of the unpowered multijoint synchronous training device in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an exploded diagram of a transmission assembly of theunpowered multi joint synchronous training device in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is an exploded diagram of a cam assembly and a cam support of theunpowered multi joint synchronous training device in FIG. 1.

FIG. 5A is an exploded diagram of a leg rod assembly of the unpoweredmulti joint synchronous training device in FIG. 1.

FIG. 5B is a perspective diagram of a leg rod assembly of the unpoweredmulti joint synchronous training device in FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a transmission mechanism of the unpoweredmulti-joint synchronous training device in FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a flow diagram of a method of designing a cam contour of a camslot of the cam assembly of the unpowered multi joint synchronoustraining device in FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a perspective diagram of a waist retainer of the unpoweredmulti-joint synchronous training device in FIG. 1.

FIG. 9 is a perspective diagram of a waist retainer support of theunpowered multi joint synchronous training device in FIG. 1.

FIGS. 10A-10D illustrate brief schematic diagrams of a cam drivingmotion of a follow-up roller according to one embodiment of theinvention.

FIGS. 11A-11D illustrate brief schematic diagrams of a non-circular gearpair driving motion of a follower according to another embodiment of theinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

To make features and advantages of the invention clearer, hereinafterthe invention is further explained with reference to the accompanyingdrawings. It shall be noticed that the embodiments illustrated in thedrawings are provided to explain the invention, and shall not be viewedas limit to the invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 illustrates an unpowered multi jointsynchronous training device 10 according to one embodiment of theinvention. As shown in FIG. 1, the training device 10 is formed by abody frame 100, a pair of transmission mechanisms 200 attached to thebody frame 100, a waist retainer 300, a pair of universal wheels 400 anda handrail 500. When the training device is used, a patient for walkrehabilitation training is fixed to a front part (i.e., a left side inFIG. 1) of the training device 10, and another medical worker or otheroperator assisting for rehabilitation training is at a back part (i.e.,a right side in FIG. 1) of the training device 10. The medical worker orother operator holds the handrail tightly, and slowly pushes thetraining device 10 forward. Under action of the transmission mechanisms200, a driving force for pushing the training device 10 forward isconverted into an acting force applied to leg (e.g., a thigh portionand/or a lower leg portion) of the patient, and the acting force enablesthe leg of the patient to oscillate following a given rule with hip ofthe patient as an axis, such that the patient can step forward alongwith the training device 10 in a walking gait of a normal person,thereby realizing the object of walk rehabilitation training.

In some embodiments of the invention, the pair of universal wheels 400is disposed at a back side of bottom of the body frame 100. Preferably,the pair of universal wheels 400 is a pair of 4 inches universal silentbrake casters that provides balance and stability performance for thetraining device when stepping and at rest. Of course, it depends on asize of the body frame, and other sizes of universal wheels also can beused. Moreover, types of the universal wheels are not particularlylimited, only if the balance and stability performance can be realized.

Hereinafter the transmission mechanisms 200 and the waist retainer 300are described in detail.

As for the transmission mechanisms 200, as is further shown in FIG. 1,the training device 10 has a pair of transmission mechanisms 200disposed on both sides (i.e., front and back in FIG. 1) of the bodyframe, and the pair of transmission mechanisms 200 has the samestructure. As shown in FIG. 1, the transmission mechanism 200 comprisesa wheel assembly 210, a transmission assembly 220, a drive assembly 230and a leg rod assembly 240 attached to the body frame 100 at suitablepositions, respectively. For example, the wheel assembly 210 is disposedon a lower front side of the body frame 100, the transmission assembly220 is disposed on a middle back side of the body frame 100, the driveassembly 230 is disposed on an upper back side of the body frame 100,and the leg rod assembly 240 is disposed in a front portion of the bodyframe 100, and extends from an upper portion to a lower portion of thebody frame 100.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the wheel assembly210 of the transmission assembly 220. As shown in FIG. 2, the wheelassembly 210 comprises a wheel body 211, a chain wheel 212, a mountingshaft 213 and a bearing assembly 214. Preferably, the wheel body 211 isa 700C integrated wheel, such that a bottom of the wheel body 211 and abottom of the universal wheels 400 are on the same horizontal plane, andthe training device 10 can stably contact the ground. The chain wheel212 and the wheel body 211 are coaxial, and connected to each other viathe mounting shaft 213 and the bearing assembly 214, such that the chainwheel 212 and the wheel body 211 can rotate synchronously. The mountingshaft 213 is fixed onto the body frame 100. In this embodiment, thewheel assembly 210 is in driving connection with the transmissionassembly 220 explicitly described below through the chain wheel 212. Forexample, as shown in FIG. 1, the chain wheel 212 of the wheel assembly210 is in driving connection with the transmission assembly 220 via atransmission belt 215. When the wheel body 211 rotates, a driving force(or a twisting force) for rotating the wheel body 211 is delivered tothe transmission assembly 220 via the transmission belt 215, such thatthe transmission assembly 220 can rotate along with rotation of thewheel assembly 210. The transmission belt 215 can be a transmissionchain, and also can be a transmission belt.

Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is an exploded diagram of the transmissionassembly 220 of the transmission mechanism 200. The transmissionassembly 220 comprises chain wheels 221 and 222, bearings 223 and 224,and a mounting shaft 225. The chain wheels 221 and 222 are connected toeach other by a bearing assembly consisting of the bearings 223 and 224and the mounting shaft 225, such that the chain wheels 221 and 222 canrotate synchronously. In the transmission assembly 220, the chain wheel221 receives the driving force (or the twisting force) delivered by thewheel assembly 210 via the transmission belt 215 described above, andthe chain wheel 222 is in driving connection with the drive assembly 230of the transmission mechanism 200 via another transmission belt 228,thereby further delivering the driving force (the twisting force) to thedrive assembly 230. Similarly with the transmission belt 215, thetransmission belt 228 can be a transmission chain, and also can be atransmission belt. In some embodiments, the mounting shaft 225 ispreferably a splined shaft.

Returning to FIG. 1, the body frame 100 shown in FIG. 1 is attached witha pair of transmission mechanisms 200. Accordingly, the training device10 shown in FIG. 1 has a pair of transmitting mechanisms 200. In theembodiments of the invention, the pair of transmission mechanisms 200 isconnected to each other through a shaft lever 226. As is shown in FIG.2, one end of the shaft lever 226 is connected to the mounting shaft 225of one transmission assembly 200, and the other end of the shaft lever226 is also connected to the mounting shaft of another transmissionassembly (not shown). Accordingly, driving forces of the twotransmission assemblies can be complementary. In other embodimentscombinable with some embodiments of the invention, the transmissionassembly 220 comprises a differential mechanism 227. As shown in FIG. 2,a radial outer side of the differential mechanism 227 is welded to thechain wheel 222. Of course, the differential mechanism 227 also can bemounted at other positions of the transmission assembly 220. As for apair of transmitting assemblies in the training device 10, thedifferential mechanism shall be only mounted onto one transmissionassembly. For example, the differential mechanism 227 is mounted ontothe transmission assembly 220 shown in FIG. 2, but also can be mountedonto another transmission assembly not shown in FIG. 2. Use of thedifferential mechanism avoids the phenomenon of self-steering caused byuneven road surface or inconsistent rotational speeds of the pair ofwheel assemblies 210 when making a turn, while not increasing additionalresistance to steering of the wheels.

Please continue to refer to FIG. 4, a portion A in FIG. 4 is an explodeddiagram of a can mechanism 230 of the transmission mechanism 200, and aportion B in FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a cam support 250.

As shown in FIG. 4, the drive assembly 230 comprises a cam 231, aconnecting rod 232, a chain wheel 233, a bearing 234, a follow-up roller235, an oscillating rod 236 and a shaft lever 237. The shaft lever 237connects the chain wheel 233 and the cam 231 to each other via anopening 2312 formed in a center of the cam 231 by virtue of the bearing234. The chain wheel 233 receives a driving force (a twisting force)provided by the transmission assembly 220 via the transmission belt 228described above, such that the cam 231 rotates along with rotation ofthe transmission assembly 220.

A cam slot 2311 described below is form on one side of the cam 231. Theconnecting rod 232 has one end connected to the cam 231, and the otherend connected to a leg rod assembly 240 explicitly described below, suchthat when the cam 231 rotates, one end of the connecting rod 232connected to the cam 231 performs reciprocating motion in asubstantially horizontal direction along with rotation of the cam 231,and the other end of the connecting rod 232 connected to the leg rodassembly 240 oscillates back and forth under driving of the cam 231. Insuch way, the leg rod assembly 240 drives the leg of the patient topassively oscillate back and forth in a walking gait of a normal person,such that the patient passively walks forward, thereby realizing theobject of walk rehabilitation training.

Specifically, the follow-up roller 235 is disposed in the cam slot 2311,and a cam contour of the cam slot 2311 is configured such thatrotational movement of the cam 231 is converted into a predeterminedreciprocation motion in a substantially horizontal direction of thefollow-up roller 235 provided in the cam slot 2311. Preferably, thefollow-up roller 235 is a roller bearing. Specifically, the follow-uproller has a rolling portion 2351 and a post 2352 connected to therolling portion, and the rolling portion 2351 is disposed in the camslot 2311, and has a side wall in contact with a side wall of the camslot 2311, such that when the cam 231 rotates, the rolling portion 2351of the follow-up roller 235 can roll in the cam slot 2311 along the sidewall of the slot.

Referring to FIGS. 10A to 10D, they illustrate brief schematic diagramsof a cam 700 driving motion of a follow-up roller 750 according to oneembodiment of the invention. The cam 700 is similar with the cam 231 inFIG. 4, and the follow-up roller 750 is similar with the follow-uproller 235 in FIG. 4.

As shown in FIG. 10A, the cam 700 has a circular main body 710, and canrotate with a center 720 as an axis under driving of the transmissionassembly 220, preferably, rotating at a constant speed. A cam slot 740is formed on a side surface 730 of the circular main body 710. Forexample, in some embodiments, the cam slot 740 is disposed eccentricallyrelative to the center 720. A cam contour of the cam slot 740 is anon-circular closed curve, and a position A of the cam contour isclosest to the center, so it may be referred to as a proximal positionA, and a position B of the cam contour is farthest from the center, soit may be referred to as a distal position B. The follow-up roller 750is disposed in the cam slot 740, and the follow-up roller 750 issubstantially movable only on a horizontal axis 760 due to limit of theoscillating rod 236 and the cam support 250 described below in FIG. 4.

For example, the position of the follow-up roller 750 along thehorizontal axis 760 in FIG. 10A serves as an initial position C1 at atime T0. As shown in FIG. 10A, at the position C1, the cam 700 rotatessuch that the proximal position A of the cam slot 740 thereon is justalong the horizontal axis 760, such that the follow-up roller 750 in thecam slot 740 is at the proximal position A of the cam contour.

Next, the cam 700 rotates anticlockwise along a direction of an arrowshown in FIG. 10A, such that the cam 700 is rotated to a state in FIG.10B. As shown in FIG. 10B, at a time T1, as the cam 700 rotates, oneposition between the proximal position A and the distal position B ofthe cam contour is rotated to coincide with the horizontal axis 760. Atthis time, a side wall of the cam slot 740 urges the follow-up roller750 to move from the position C1 in FIG. 10A to a position C2 along thehorizontal axis 760 in FIG. 10B along a horizontal direction (e.g.,horizontal left) of the horizontal axis 760.

Next, the cam 700 continues to rotate anticlockwise along a direction ofan arrow shown in FIG. 10B, such that the cam 700 is rotated to a statein FIG. 10C. As shown in FIG. 10C, at a time T2, as the cam 700 rotates,the distal position B of the cam contour is rotated to coincide with thehorizontal axis 760. At this time, the side wall of the cam slot 740urges the follow-up roller 750 to move from the position C2 in FIG. 10Bto a position C3 in FIG. 10C along the horizontal direction (e.g.,horizontal left) of the horizontal axis 760. At the position C3, thefollow-up roller 750 is just at the distal position B of the camcontour.

Next, the cam 700 continues to rotate anticlockwise along a direction ofan arrow shown in FIG. 10C, such that the cam 700 is rotated to a statein FIG. 10D. As shown in FIG. 10D, at a time T3, as the cam 700 rotates,one position between the proximal position A and the distal position Bof the cam contour is rotated to coincide with the horizontal axis 760.At this time, the side wall of the cam slot 740 urges the follow-uproller 750 to move reversely from the position C3 in FIG. 10C to aposition C4 along the horizontal axis 760 in FIG. 10D in an oppositedirection (e.g., horizontal right) to that in FIGS. 10A and 10B alongthe horizontal direction of the horizontal axis 760.

Next, if the cam 700 continues to rotate anticlockwise along a directionof an arrow shown in FIG. 10D, it returns to a state shown in FIG. 10A.That is, the proximal position A of the cam slot 740 is just along thehorizontal axis 760. At this time, the side wall of the cam slot 740urges the follow-up roller 750 to move from the position C4 in FIG. 10Dto return to the position C1 in FIG. 10A in the opposite direction(e.g., horizontal right) along the horizontal direction of thehorizontal axis 760.

As can be seen, during one rotation of the cam 700, the follow-up roller750 performs reciprocating motion along the horizontal axis 760. Asshown in FIGS. 10A to 10D, during one rotation of the cam 700, thefollow-up roller moves horizontally left from the initial position C1 atthe time T0 to the position C2 at the time T1, then continues to movehorizontally left to the position C3 at the time T2, next moveshorizontally right in the opposite direction to the position C4, andfinally continues to return horizontally right in the opposite directionto the position C1. Accordingly, during one rotation of the cam 700, thefollow-up roller 750 experiences reciprocating motion from the positionC1, to the position C2, the position C3, the position C4 and theposition C1. The positions C1 and C3 correspond to turning points of thereciprocating motion, the position C1 corresponds to a position wherethe proximal position A of the cam contour is rotated to coincide withthe horizontal axis 760, and the position C3 corresponds to a positionwhere the distal position B of the cam contour is rotated to coincidewith the horizontal axis 760. Therefore, during one rotation of the cam700, the follow-up roller 750 performs reciprocating motion once betweenthe positions C1 and C3. Meanwhile, the cam contour of the non-circularclosed curve also causes that an instantaneous speed of movement of thefollow-up roller 750 along the horizontal axis 760 changes as the camcontour changes during rotation of the cam 700. In other words, duringrotation of the cam 700, the follow-up roller 750 performsvariable-speed reciprocating motion between the positions C1 and C3. Thevariable-speed reciprocating motion between the positions C1 and C3further drives variable-speed oscillation of a driven object (not shown)driven by the follow-up roller 750 within a predetermined angular range.

Using the cam as the drive assembly 230 is described above such thatrotational movement of the cam drives the follow-up roller provided inthe cam slot to perform reciprocation motion, and then other drivingforms also can be used. FIGS. 11A to 11D illustrate replacing the cam700 having the cam slot 740 with a non-circular gear pair 800. In thecase of using the non-circular gear pair 800, the chain wheel 233 of thedrive assembly 230 is connected to a driving non-circular gear 810 inthe non-circular gear pair 800, not connecting the chain wheel 233 tothe cam 700.

FIGS. 11A to 11D illustrate brief schematic diagrams of using thenon-circular gear pair 800 to drive motion of a follower 850 thereon.

As shown in FIGS. 11A to 11D, the non-circular gear pair 800 has adriving non-circular gear 810 and a driven non-circular gear 820 engagedtherewith. The driving non-circular gear 810 drives the drivennon-circular gear 820 to rotate. The driving non-circular gear 810 andthe driven non-circular gear 820 form teeth on a periphery, and have thesame number of teeth, such that for each rotation of the drivingnon-circular gear 810, the driven non-circular gear 820 also rotatesonce. In this embodiment, axes of rotation 830 and 840 of the drivingnon-circular gear 810 and the driven non-circular gear 820 deviate fromgeometric centers, and are designed such that a center distance betweenthe driving non-circular gear 810 and the driven non-circular gear 820is equal. The center distance refers to a sum of a rotation radius fromthe axis of rotation 830 of the driving non-circular gear 810 to anengaged position and a rotation radius from the axis of rotation 840 ofthe driven non-circular gear 820 to the engaged position. Accordingly,the non-circular gear pair 800 having the same center distance ensuresthat the driving non-circular gear 810 and the driven non-circular gear820 can be engaged together when the driving non-circular gear 810 andthe driven non-circular gear 820 rotate to any position withoutseparation or extrusion from each other. The follower 850 is formed on aside surface of the driven non-circular gear 820.

Hereinafter motion of the follower 850 on the non-circular gear pair 800is described with reference to FIGS. 11A to 11D.

As shown in FIG. 11A, the position of the follower 850 in FIG. 11Aserves as an initial position D1 at a time T0. As shown in FIG. 11A, atthe position D1, a distance E1 between the follower 850 and the axis ofrotation 830 of the driving non-circular gear 810 is shortest, i.e., atthe position D1, the follower is closest to the axis of rotation 830 ofthe driving non-circular gear 810.

Next, the driving non-circular gear 810 rotates clockwise along adirection of an arrow shown in FIG. 11A, such that the drivennon-circular gear 820 rotates anticlockwise under driving of the drivingnon-circular gear 810, and the non-circular gear pair 800 is rotated toa state in FIG. 11B. As shown in FIG. 11B, at a time T1, as thenon-circular gear pair 800 rotates, the follower 850 at the position D1closest to the axis of rotation 830 of the driving non-circular gear 810moves to a position D2. At the position D2, a distance E2 between thefollower 850 and the axis of rotation 830 of the driving non-circulargear 810 is greater than E1, so as the non-circular gear pair 800 movesfrom a state in FIG. 11A to the state in FIG. 11B, the follower 850gradually gets away from the axis of rotation 830 of the drivingnon-circular gear 810.

Next, the driving non-circular gear 810 continues to rotate clockwisealong a direction of an arrow shown in FIG. 11B, such that the drivennon-circular gear 820 rotates anticlockwise under driving of the drivingnon-circular gear 810, and the non-circular gear pair 800 is rotated toa state in FIG. 11C. As shown in FIG. 11C, at a time T2, as thenon-circular gear pair 800 rotates, the follower 850 at the position D2moves to a position D3. At the position D3, a distance E3 between thefollower 850 and the axis of rotation 830 of the driving non-circulargear 810 is further greater than E2, so as the non-circular gear pair800 moves from the state in FIG. 11B to the state in FIG. 11C, thefollower 850 continues to gradually get away from the axis of rotation830 of the driving non-circular gear 810.

Next, the driving non-circular gear 810 continues to rotate clockwisealong a direction of an arrow shown in FIG. 11C, such that the drivennon-circular gear 820 rotates anticlockwise under driving of the drivingnon-circular gear 810, and the non-circular gear pair 800 is rotated toa state in FIG. 11D. As shown in FIG. 11D, at a time T3, as thenon-circular gear pair 800 rotates, the follower 850 at the position D3moves to a position D4. At the position D4, a distance E4 between thefollower 850 and the axis of rotation 830 of the driving non-circulargear 810 is less than E3 and greater than E1, so as the non-circulargear pair 800 moves from the state in FIG. 11C to the state in FIG. 11D,the follower 850 begins to gradually get close to the axis of rotation830 of the driving non-circular gear 810.

Next, if the driving non-circular gear 810 continues to rotate clockwisealong a direction of an arrow shown in FIG. 11D, the driven non-circulargear 820 rotates anticlockwise under driving of the driving non-circulargear 810, and returns to the state in FIG. 11A. That is, as thenon-circular gear pair 800 moves from the state in FIG. 11D to the statein FIG. 11A, the follower 850 continues to gradually get close to theaxis of rotation 830 of the driving non-circular gear 810, and finallyreturns to the position D1 closest to the axis of rotation 830 of thedriving non-circular gear 810. At this time, the cam 700 just rotatesonce.

As can be seen, during one rotation of the non-circular gear pair 800,the follower 850 performs reciprocating motion between the positions D1and D3. As shown in FIGS. 11A to 11D, during one rotation of thenon-circular gear pair 800, the follower 850 moves from the initialposition D1 closest to the axis of rotation 830 of the drivingnon-circular gear 810 at the time T0 to the position D2 away from theaxis of rotation 830 of the driving non-circular gear 810, then furthergets away from the axis of rotation 830 of the driving non-circular gear810 at the time T2 and moves to the position D3 farthest from the axisof rotation 830, next gradually gets close to the axis of rotation 830and moves to the position D3, and finally further gets close to the axisof rotation 830 and returns to the position D1 closest to the axis ofrotation 830. Accordingly, during one rotation of the non-circular gearpair 800, the follower 850 experiences reciprocating motion from theposition D1, to the position D2, the position D3, the position D4 andthe position D1. The positions D1 and D3 correspond to turning points ofthe reciprocating motion, the position D1 corresponds to a positionclosest to the axis of rotation 830 of the driving non-circular gear810, and the position D3 corresponds to a position farthest from theaxis of rotation 830 of the driving non-circular gear 810. Therefore,during one rotation of the non-circular gear pair 800, the follower 850performs reciprocating motion once between the positions D1 and D3.Meanwhile, the non-circular gear contour also causes that aninstantaneous speed of the follower 850 at each position changes as apitch line of the non-circular gear changes during rotation of thenon-circular gear pair 800. In other words, during rotation of thenon-circular gear pair 800, the follower 850 performs variable-speedreciprocating motion between the positions D1 and D3. The variable-speedreciprocating motion between the positions D1 and D3 further drivesvariable-speed oscillation of a driven object (not shown) driven by thefollower 850 within a predetermined angular range.

Returning to FIG. 4, in one preferable embodiment, the variable-speedreciprocating motion obtained from design of the cam contour of the camslot 2311 drives variable-speed oscillation of one point of the leg withhip as an axis when a normal person walks. Accordingly, as the follow-uproller 235 rolls in the cam slot 2311, the follow-up roller 235 changesat a position in an X-Z plane based on the cam contour of the cam slot2311, i.e., performing regular variable-speed reciprocating motionbetween the positions C1 and C3 in FIGS. 10A to 10D on the X-Z planeaccording to the cam contour of the cam slot 2311. The two boundarypositions C1 and C3 of reciprocating motion of the follow-up roller 235correspond to two boundary angles of one point of the leg with hip as anaxis when the normal person walks. The post 2352 of the follow-up roller235 is connected to one end of the connecting rod 232, and the other endof the connecting rod 232 is connected to the leg rod assembly 240described below, such that when the follow-up roller 235 performsregular variable-speed reciprocating motion in the X-Z plane along withrotation of the cam 231, the leg rod assembly 240 performs regularvariable-speed oscillation in the X-Z plane under action of pushing orpulling of the connecting rod 232. When the cam contour of the cam slot2311 of the cam 231 rotates once, the follow-up roller 235 in the camslot 2311 performs reciprocating motion once on a distance defined bythe positions C1 and C3 in FIGS. 10A to 10D, for example. Since thefollow-up roller 235 drives the leg rod assembly 240 to oscillate, theleg rod assembly 240 also oscillates correspondingly under driving ofthe reciprocating motion. An oscillation angle of the leg rod assembly240 driven by the reciprocating motion corresponds to oscillation of onepoint of the leg taking one step relative to the hip when the normalperson walks, and the variable-speed oscillation of the leg rod assembly240 driven by one reciprocating motion of the follow-up roller 235corresponds to variable-speed oscillation of one point of the leg takingone step relative to the hip when the normal person walks, such that thepatient fixed onto the leg rod assembly 240 passively takes one step,and the oscillation angle and the oscillation way of the leg when thepatient takes one step are the same as the normal person, therebyrealizing walk training of the patient. In the embodiments of theinvention, specifically, the connecting rod 232 connects the follow-uproller 235 to a position of the leg rod assembly 240 corresponding tothigh and close to the hip, so the reciprocating motion corresponding tothe design of the cam contour of the cam slot 2311 drives oscillation ofthe thigh relative to the hip when the normal person walks, and theoscillation angle driven by the reciprocating motion corresponds to anoscillation angle of the thigh relative to the hip when the normalperson walks.

As for walking gait of the normal person, a thigh position close to thehip of the normal person substantially oscillates back and forth in adirection X shown in FIG. 4, and oscillates slightly, or does notoscillate in a direction Z. Considering of it, the training device isfurther provided with a cam support 250. The cam support 250 has a firstarm 251, and a bottom and a top of the first arm 251 have fixing sleeves252 for supporting and fixing the bearing 234 of the drive assembly 230and the bearing 223 of the transmission assembly 220 therein. A guidingslot 253 is further formed on an upper portion of the first arm 251, andformed to be an elongated hole extending in the direction X. The post2352 of the follow-up roller 235 is disposed in the guiding slot 253,such that when the follow-up roller 235 performs regular oscillation inthe X-Z plane, displacement in the direction Z (i.e., a verticaldirection) is limited by the guiding slot 253, and the follow-up roller235 only performs regular oscillation back and forth in thesubstantially direction X (i.e., a horizontal direction). Moreover, thedrive assembly 240 further has the oscillating rod 236 having one endconnected to the post 2352, and the other end connected to the camsupport 250, such that displacement of the follow-up roller 235 in thedirection Z also can be limited by the oscillating rod 236. The otherend of the oscillating rod 236 also can be directly connected to thebody frame 100.

In other embodiments combinable with the embodiments of the invention, asecond cam slot (not shown) is further formed on the other side of thecam 231 opposite to one side formed with the cam slot 2311, and similarwith the cam slot 2311, the variable-speed reciprocation motioncorresponding to design of a cam contour of the second cam slot isanother variable-speed reciprocation motion different from thevariable-speed reciprocation motion corresponding to the cam contour ofthe cam slot 2311. Correspondingly, the drive assembly 230 further has asecond bearing 234′, a second connecting rod 232′, a second follow-uproller 235′ and a second oscillating rod 236′. The second bearing 234′is configured to connect the cam 231 and the shaft lever 234. A matingway of the second cam slot, the second connecting rod 232′, the secondfollow-up roller 235′ and the second oscillating rod 236′ issubstantially the same as that of the cam slot 2311, the connecting rod232, the follow-up roller 235 and the oscillating rod 236, so thedetails are not described here. Correspondingly, the cam support 250 mayfurther have a second arm 254 parallel to the first arm 251. A bottomand a top of the second arm 254 also have fixing sleeves 252 forsupporting and fixing the second bearing 234′ of the drive assembly 230and the bearing 224 of the transmission assembly 220 therein. Moreover,a second guiding slot 255 is also formed on an upper portion of thesecond arm 254 for limiting displacement of the second follow-up roller235′ in the direction Z, such that the second cam slot is configured toconvert rotational movement of the cam 231 into reciprocation motion ofthe second follow-up roller 235′ provided in the second cam slot in thesubstantially direction X (the horizontal direction).

In the embodiment where the cam 231 has the second cam slot, the secondconnecting rod 252′ has one end connected to the second follow-up roller235′, and the other end directly or indirectly connected to a positionof the leg rod assembly 240 corresponding to a knee. Therefore, thevariable-speed reciprocation motion corresponding to the design of thecam contour of the second cam slot corresponds to variable-speedoscillation of the lower leg relative to the hip when the normal personwalks, and the two boundary positions of the reciprocation motioncorrespond to two boundary angles of variable-speed oscillation of thelower leg relative to the hip when the normal person walks. Accordingly,for each rotation of the cam 231, the variable-speed reciprocationmotion of the second follow-up roller 235′ in the second cam slotcorresponds to variable-speed oscillation of the lower leg relative tothe hip when the normal person walks, thereby driving the lower legportion of the leg rod assembly 240 to also perform oscillation once inan oscillation way of the lower leg relative to the hip when the normalperson walks. Therefore, the patient's lower leg also performsoscillation once in the corresponding oscillation way of the lower legwhen the normal person walks, thereby realizing walk training of thepatient.

In other embodiments combinable with the embodiments of the invention,the drive assembly 230 may have friction plates 239 and 239′ (ifpresent) between the cam support 250 and the connecting rod. Preferably,the friction plates 239 and 239′ are PTFE-based friction plates, whichmay reduce frictional resistance of the connecting rod in the process ofoscillation.

It shall be noticed that although walk training of the patient based onthe drive assembly 230 having the cam is described above, another formof drive assembly having the non-circular gear pair 800 shown in FIGS.11A to 11D also can be used to realize walk training of the patient. Insuch case, the connecting rod 232 connecting the thigh position of theleg rod assembly 240 and the follow-up roller 235 may be modified toconnecting the thigh position of the leg rod assembly 240 and thefollower 850, such that the variable-speed reciprocation motion of thefollower 850 between the positions D1 and D3 also can drive the thigh ofthe patient to perform variable-speed oscillation in an oscillation wayof the thigh relative to the hip when the normal person walks. Moreover,the drive assembly having the non-circular gear pair 800 may furtherhave another additional non-circular gear pair, which is different fromthe non-circular gear pair 800, and designed such that thevariable-speed reciprocation motion of the follower corresponds tovariable-speed oscillation of the lower leg of the normal personrelative to the hip. Therefore, in such case, the second connecting rod232′ connecting the lower leg position of the leg rod assembly 240 andthe second follow-up roller 235′ may be modified to connecting the lowerleg position of the leg rod assembly 240 and the follower of theadditional non-circular gear pair, such that the variable-speedreciprocation motion of the follower of the additional non-circular gearpair can drive the lower leg of the patient to perform variable-speedoscillation in an oscillation way of the lower leg relative to the hipwhen the normal person walks.

Since the body frame 100 is attached with a pair of transmissionmechanisms 200, the training device 10 has a pair of driving assemblies230. As shown in FIG. 4, one end of the shaft lever 237 is connected toone drive assembly 230, and although not shown, the other end of theshaft lever 237 is connected to another drive assembly, which isconfigured to the same as the drive assembly 230. In the walking gait ofthe normal person, phases of oscillation of the two legs always have adifference of 180°, so the pair of driving assemblies connected to theshaft lever 237 is also mounted with a phase difference of 180°.

In other embodiments combinable with the embodiments of the invention,the shaft lever 237 is formed by a first shaft lever 2371 connected tothe drive assembly 230, and a second shaft lever 2372 connected toanother drive assembly. Moreover, the first shaft lever 2371 and thesecond shaft lever 2372 are mounted with a clutch device 238. Advantageof using the clutch device 238 lies in that the phase difference betweenthe pair of driving assemblies can be adjusted according to needs. Forexample, when the patient wears the training device 10, the two legsshall be in a closed gesture, so the clutch device 238 can be opened tofreely adjust phases of the driving assemblies on both sides, and whenthe patient completes wearing, the phases of the driving assemblies onboth sides are adjusted again to have a phase difference of 180°, andthen the clutch device is closed again to form fixed connection betweenthe first shaft lever 2371 and the second shaft lever 2372. In otherembodiments combinable with the embodiments of the invention, the clutchdevice 238 comprises a slide fastener 2381, and has limit handgrips onboth sides to limit orientation of the first shaft lever 2371 and thesecond shaft lever 2372. For example, when making adjustment,orientation of any one of the first shaft lever 2371 and the secondshaft lever 2372 is limited, and another one of the first shaft lever2371 and the second shaft lever 2372 is adjusted. After adjusting to thespecified phase, the limit handgrip of the another is tightened, thenthe clutch device 238 is closed, and the limit handgrips on both sidesare released, respectively. The shaft lever 237 is further provided witha folding handle 2373 and an accommodation space 2372 for accommodatingthe folding handle 2373, and when the orientation of the first shaftlever 2371 and the second shaft lever 2372 is adjusted, the foldinghandle 2373 may rotate out of the accommodation space 2372 to facilitateadjusting the orientation of the first shaft lever 2371 and the secondshaft lever 2372, and rotate the folding handle 2373 into theaccommodation space 2372 after adjustment. The clutch device 238 isengraved with marker lines on half shafts of both sides, and when thehalf shafts of both sides are adjusted to align the marker lines, theslide fastener slides, i.e., the first shaft lever 2371 and the secondshaft lever 2372 on both sides may be fixed at phases with a distance of180°. The clutch device further comprises an elastic collision bead 2382to ensure that the slide fastener 2381 may stay at a specified positionwhen having no operation.

Referring to FIGS. 5A and 5B, FIG. 5A is an exploded diagram of the legrod assembly 240 of the transmission mechanism 200, and FIG. 5B is aperspective diagram of the leg rod assembly 240 of the transmissionmechanism 200.

The leg rod assembly 240 is mainly formed of a thigh rod 241 and a lowerleg rod 242. The thigh rod 241 and the lower leg rod 242 are connectedto each other at a knee position through a bearing (not shown). In otherembodiment combinable with the embodiments of the invention, the leg rodassembly 240 further comprises a plantar portion 243 detachablyconnected to the lower leg rod 242 of the leg rod assembly 240 at anankle position of the leg rod assembly 240 through a foot connectingseat 244. The plantar portion 243 also may bent forward by 0 to 15degrees.

In other embodiment combinable with the embodiments of the invention,the leg rod assembly 240 further comprises a bandage plate 245 attachedto the thigh rod and a bandage seat 246 attached to the lower leg rod242. The bandage plate 245 and the bandage seat 246 are mounted with legbandages to fix the leg of the patient onto the leg rod assembly 240.

The thigh rod 241 has an opening 2419 at the hip, and a hole 2414 isformed at a position close to the hip. One end of the connecting rod 232described above is connected to the hole 2414 through a roller bearing2413, such that the thigh rod 241 performs regular oscillation alongwith rotation of the drive assembly 230, thereby realizing the object ofwalk rehabilitation training. In the embodiment with the secondconnecting rod 232′ described above, the second connecting rod 232′ isconnected to a lower leg position of the lower leg rod 242 close to theknee, such that the lower leg portion of the leg rod assembly 240 alsocan perform regular oscillation along with rotation of the driveassembly 230. As shown in FIG. 1, the drive assembly 230 is mounted at aheight substantially consistent with a hip position of the leg rodassembly 240, and in the walking gait of the normal person, oscillationof the lower leg is often in both the direction X (horizontal direction)and the direction Z (vertical direction). In order to convertoscillation of the knee to be at a height consistent with the driveassembly 230 as could as possible, in other embodiment combinable withthe embodiments of the invention, preferably, one end of the secondconnecting rod 232′ is indirectly connected to the hip position of thelower leg rod 242 close to the knee. As shown in FIG. 5, the secondconnecting rod 232′ is indirectly connected to the lower leg position ofthe lower leg rod 242 close to the knee via a lower leg oscillating rod,and the lower leg oscillating rod is arranged at a position comprisingthe thigh rod 241 and corresponding to the hip, and is formed of a firstfollower rod 247 and a second follower rod 248. Specifically, one end ofthe second connecting rod 232′ is connected to a hole at an end 2471 ofthe first follower rod 247 (e.g., through a bearing). For example, it isconnected to a hole at an end 2481 of the second follower rod 248 at ahole of another end 2472 of the first follower rod 247 through abearing. The second follower rod 248 is connected to a hole 2421 formedat a position close to the knee on a top of the lower leg rod 242through a rolling bearing at a hole of another end 2482. The firstfollower rod 247 is connected to an opening 2419 formed at the hip ofthe thigh rod 241, for example, via a bearing, at an opening of a middleportion 2473. A position of the opening 2419 is proximate to the opening2414. In such way, when the drive assembly 230 rotates, the secondconnecting rod 232′ performs regular oscillation, and the secondconnecting rod 232′ acts on the end 2471 of the first follower rod 247to perform corresponding oscillation. When the first follower rod 247takes the middle portion 2473 as an axis of rotation, another end 2472of the first follower rod 247 oscillates along with the end 2471, andoscillation of another end 2472 of the first follower rod 247 isdelivered to a position of the lower leg rod 242 close to the knee viathe second follower rod 248, thereby driving the knee of the patient toperform corresponding oscillation. Preferably, the first follower rod247 has an L shape. The first follower rod 247 and the second followerrod 248 bend at a predetermined position along a direction Y, such thatthe second connecting rod 232′, the first follower rod 247 and thesecond follower rod 248 are staggered from one another in the directionY, thereby avoiding interference of the second connecting rod 232′, thefirst follower rod 247 and the second follower rod 248 when performingoscillation.

In other embodiments combinable with the embodiments of the invention,the thigh rod 241 comprises an outer thigh rod 2411 away from the thighof the patient and an inner thigh rod 2412 closer to the thigh of thepatient. The outer thigh rod 2411 and the inner thigh rod 2412 aredetachably mounted together. As shown in FIG. 5, the outer thigh rod2411 and the inner thigh rod 2412 are connected together to the lowerleg rod 242 at bottoms through a bearing, such that when separating fromeach other, the outer thigh rod 2411 and the inner thigh rod 2412 canrotate with a connecting position of the outer thigh rod 2411 (and theinner thigh rod 2412) and the lower leg rod 242 as an axis of rotationon the X-Z plane. In such way, advantage lies in that when the patientwears in a sitting posture, the outer thigh rod 2411 and the inner thighrod 2412 may be separated, such that the inner thigh rod 2412 may be atan angle of about 90° from the lower leg rod 242 on the X-Z plane tofacilitate wearing. After the patient completes wearing, the patientstands up by virtue of an external force, and when the outer thigh rod2411 and the inner thigh rod 2412 tend to be parallel to and overlapeach other, the outer thigh rod 2411 and the inner thigh rod 2412 aremounted together to a whole body, thereby completing wearing. In otherembodiments combinable with the embodiments of the invention, the thighrod 241 has a spring cotter mechanism 2417 mounted at an opening 2418 ofthe outer thigh rod 2411. When the outer thigh rod 2411 and the innerthigh rod 2412 shall be separated, an operator manually opens the springcotter mechanism 2417. When the outer thigh rod 2411 and the inner thighrod 2412 shall be reassembled, the outer thigh rod 2411 rotates relativeto the inner thigh rod 2412, and when the outer thigh rod 2411 rotatesto coincide with the inner thigh rod 2412, an opening 2418′ formed onthe outer thigh rod 2411 overlaps the opening 2418. At this time, aspring cotter in the spring cotter mechanism 2417 automatically springsinto the opening 2418′, thereby automatically locking the outer thighrod 2411 and the inner thigh rod 2412. The thigh rod further has twohandgrip screws 2415 mounted at corresponding positions of an opening2416 of the outer thigh rod 2411 and an opening 2416′ of the inner thighrod 2412. When the outer thigh rod 2411 and the inner thigh rod 2412shall be separated, the operator manually opens the handgrip screws 2415to separate the outer thigh rod 2411 from the inner thigh rod 2412. Whenthe outer thigh rod 2411 and the inner thigh rod 2412 overlap eachother, and automatically lock via the spring cotter mechanism 2417, thehandgrip screws 2415 are tightened to further assemble the outer thighrod 2411 and the inner thigh rod 2412 into a whole body.

Referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a side view of the transmission mechanism200, wherein some unnecessary members are omitted, such that structureof the transmission mechanism 200 can be shown more clearly. As isdescribed above, when the training device is pushed forward, the wheelassembly 210 marches forward. Rotation of the wheel assembly 210 isdelivered to the transmission assembly 220 via the transmission belt215. A driving force of the transmission assembly 220 is delivered tothe drive assembly 230 via the transmission belt 228 again to driverotation of the cam in the drive assembly 230. With rotation of the cam,the first connecting rod 232 and the second connecting rod 232′ drivethe leg rod assembly 240 to perform regular oscillation. The firstconnecting rod 232 is directly connected to a thigh position of the legrod assembly 240 close to the hip to drive the thigh of the patient toperform regular oscillation relative to the hip. The second connectingrod 232′ is indirectly connected to a lower leg position of the leg rodassembly 240 close to the knee through the first follower rod 247 andthe second follower rod 248 to drive the lower leg of the patient toperform regular oscillation relative to the hip, thereby realizing theobject of walk rehabilitation training.

As is described above, by virtue of specially designed cam contour, theleg rod assembly 240 performs regular oscillation when the normal personwalks. The cam contour is reversely designed according to oscillationrule of the leg when the normal person walks, in particular, oscillationrule of the hip position and the knee position of the leg when thenormal person walks. As for the method of designing the cam contour, itjust can be performed in a reverse way of oscillation of the leg rodassembly 240 driven by the drive assembly 230.

FIG. 7 is a flow diagram of a method 600 of designing a cam contour ofthe cam slot of the drive assembly 230. Hereinafter the method 600 isdescribed with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6. In a box 610, a follower isprovided on a side surface of a disk sheet. As shown in FIG. 4, thefollower can be a follower such as the follow-up roller 235, and canroll on the side surface of the disk sheet. Since the method 600 aims todesign the cam contour of the cam slot, a circular disk having a flatside surface can be used to replace the cam 231 in FIG. 4. The followeris configured to be substantially movable only in the horizontaldirection, for example, limiting displacement of the follower in thevertical direction by virtue of the guiding slot 253 and the oscillatingrod 236 in FIG. 4.

In a box 620, a circular main body is provided, such that the followeris on a side surface of the circular main body, and performs apredetermined reciprocating motion (e.g., variable-speed reciprocatingmotion) on a predetermined distance in the substantially horizontaldirection, and the predetermined distance, for example, is a distancedefined by the positions C1 and C3 shown in FIGS. 10A to 10D.

In a box 630, the disk sheet rotates at a constant speed while thefollower performs reciprocating motion, such that for each rotation ofthe disk sheet, the follower performs reciprocating motion once on thepredetermined distance.

In a box 640, when the follower performs reciprocating motion once, thedisk sheet also just rotates once. Accordingly, the follower forms arolling trace of a non-circular closed curve on the side surface of thedisk sheet during one reciprocating motion on the distance, and theclosed curve is the cam contour desired by the cam slot. Therefore, thecam described in the invention can be obtained by forming the cam slotfrom the closed curve on the circular main body.

As is described above, the desired reciprocating motion preferablycorresponds to oscillation of the thigh or the lower leg relative to thehip when the normal person walks. The two boundary points (e.g., thepositions C1 and C3 shown in FIGS. 10A to 10D) of the predetermineddistance correspond to two boundary angles of oscillation of the thighor the lower leg relative to the hip when the normal person walks. Whenthe reciprocating motion and the motion distance of the follower areoscillation and an oscillation angle of the thigh relative to the hipwhen the normal person walks, it is only necessary to connect thefollower to the thigh portion (e.g., a position of the hole 2414 shownin FIG. 5) of the leg rod close to the hip through the connecting rod.Similarly, when the reciprocating motion and the motion distance of thefollower are oscillation and an oscillation angle of the lower legrelative to the hip when the normal person walks, as shown in FIGS. 5 to6, it is only necessary to connect the follower to the lower leg portionof the leg rod close to the knee through the connecting rod and thelower leg oscillating rod. That is, it is only necessary to connect thefollower to the first follower rod (e.g., the first follower rod 247)and the second follower rod (e.g., the second follower rod 248) of thehip of the leg rod, and indirectly to the lower leg portion (e.g., aposition of the hole 2421 shown in FIG. 5) of the leg rod close to theknee through the connecting rod (e.g., the second connecting rod 232′)and the middle portion. When the leg rod is fixed to the leg of thenormal person, not the leg of the patient, when the normal personperforms normal walking action, the follower is driven to performoscillation motion corresponding to walk of the normal person on anoscillation angle corresponding to walk of the normal person, so thetrace left by the follower on the side surface of the disk sheetcorresponds to oscillation of the lower leg or the thigh when the normalperson walks, thereby obtaining the corresponding cam contour.

In other embodiments combinable with the embodiments of the invention,the cam contour also can be obtained through a method of softwaremodeling. For example, a feature size of the leg of the human body and abasic structure of the training device may be modeled using computerassistant software (e.g., Solidworks), then a constraint load is addedto the model according to rule of the reciprocating motion of the leg(e.g., the hip and the knee) in the process of walking of the normalperson to make kinematic simulation calculation, thereby obtaining agait displacement curve in walking of the normal person, and the gaitdisplacement curve obtained by simulation is imported into the model ofthe basic structure of the training device, thereby reversely obtainingthe cam contour. Advantage lies in that the leg of the patient in actualuse may be measured to be able to customize the most suitable camcontour for particular patient, thereby improving the effect ofrehabilitation training.

As for the non-circular gear pair, the manufacturing method can be asfollows:

Firstly, a driving non-circular gear and a driven non-circular gear aremanufactured, wherein the driving non-circular gear and the drivennon-circular gear have the same number of teeth and a fixed centerdistance, such that for each rotation of the driving non-circular gear810, the driven non-circular gear 820 also rotates once, and it isensured that the driving non-circular gear 810 and the drivennon-circular gear 820 can be engaged together when the drivingnon-circular gear 810 and the driven non-circular gear 820 rotate to anyposition without separation or extrusion from each other. In someembodiments, axes of rotation of the driving non-circular gear and thedriven non-circular gear are designed to deviate from geometric centers.

Subsequently, a follower is formed on a side surface of the drivennon-circular gear to complete manufacture of the non-circular gear pair.

In the process of manufacturing, a pitch line of the drivingnon-circular gear and the driven non-circular gear is designed such thatfor each rotation of the driving non-circular gear, the drivingnon-circular gear may drive the follower disposed on the drivennon-circular gear to perform variable-speed reciprocation motion oncebetween a first position and a second position. The first position is aposition of the follower closest to an axis of rotation of the drivingnon-circular gear, and the second position is a position of the followerfarthest from the axis of rotation of the driving non-circular gear.

When the follower is connected to other member (e.g., the leg rodassembly 240) driven by the follower, the variable-speed reciprocationmotion of the follower may drive the member connected thereto (e.g.,through the connecting rod) to perform variable-speed oscillation withina certain angular range. For example, according to the embodiments ofthe invention, the follower can be connected to the leg rod assembly 240at the position corresponding to the thigh or the position correspondingto the lower leg in the leg rod assembly 240 through the connecting rod.Taking the follower connected to the position corresponding to the thighin the leg rod assembly 240 for example, the variable-speedreciprocation motion of the follower may drive the thigh position of theleg rod assembly 240 to perform variable-speed oscillation with the hipas an axis following an oscillation way of the thigh relative to the hipwhen the normal person walks. The oscillation angle driven by thevariable-speed reciprocation motion corresponds to an oscillation angleof the thigh relative to the hip when the normal person walks. The twoboundary positions (i.e., the first position and the second position) ofthe reciprocation motion of the follower correspond to two boundaryangles of oscillation of the thigh when the normal person walks. Forexample, when the follower is connected to the leg rod of the left leg,the first position corresponds to a lower boundary angle of the left legrelative to the hip after the right leg takes one step with the left legas a supporting leg, and the second position corresponds to a lowerboundary angle of the left leg relative to the hip after the left legtakes one step with the right leg as a supporting leg.

As for design of the pitch line of the driving non-circular gear and thedriven non-circular gear, it may be designed by the conventional method,i.e., determining a pitch curve, the number of models, the number ofteeth and a center distance.

The pitch curve is obtained by the desired predetermined oscillationrule. For example, in the embodiments of the invention, the desiredpredetermined oscillation rule is variable-speed oscillation rule of theleg (the thigh or the lower leg) relative to the hip when the normalperson walks. If a rotation angle of the driving non-circular gear isused as a time reference, the leg rod driven by the non-circular gearpair performs oscillation according to the time reference and thepredetermined rule. At this time, a motion curve of the drivennon-circular gear does not exist, so the driven non-circular gear isdriven by the leg rod through the connecting rod. Since oscillation ofthe driving non-circular gear and the leg rod uses the same timereference, when the driving non-circular gear rotates once, the drivennon-circular gear also just rotates once. At each moment, a rotationalspeed of the driven non-circular gear driven by the leg rod does notequal to a constant speed of the driving non-circular gear, but integralof the rotational speed over time shall be equal to 360° within onerotational period of one driving non-circular gear. However, in actualengineering calculation, due to influence of a round-off error and asampling density, a result of numerical integration has few deviation,and shall be corrected by proportion to control an error of thenumerical integration within an allowable range.

As for determination of the number of models, the number of teeth andthe center distance, preferably, the non-circular gear pair uses astandard number of models to facilitate processing with standard cuttingtools. After the number of models is determined, based on the givennumber of teeth, a perimeter of the pitch line of the non-circular gearis determined. An instantaneous transmission ratio of the non-circulargear pair equals to an inverse ratio of rotation radiuses of an engagingpoint where the driving non-circular gear and the driven non-circulargear engage with each other on a pair of pitch lines at this moment.Moreover, a sum of radiuses of each pair of pitch lines equals to acenter distance of the non-circular gear pair. Since the pitch line isnon-circular, the center distance, the number of models and the numberof teeth do not have a simple proportional relation any longer as thecircular gear pair. That is, if the standard number of models is used, anon-standard center distance occurs, and vice versa. Since a radius ofthe pitch line at each point shall be firstly determined beforenumerical integration of the perimeter of the pitch line, the radius ofthe pitch line is obtained according to the center distance and theinstantaneous transmission ratio, firstly, one center distance shall beassumed, and accordingly, the perimeter of the pitch line is calculated.An error of the perimeter of the pitch line is finally less than anallowable value by adjusting the center distance. The non-circular gearpair designed in such way has the standard number of models and thenon-standard center distance. It is easily manufactured to have thestandard number of models and the non-standard center distance.

As shown in FIG. 1, the training device 10 has a waist retainingassembly 300 attached to a top of the body frame 100 for providing powersupport to the waist in the process of rehabilitation training ofparaplegic and hemiplegic patients, so as to allow the patient to walkupright. A contact portion between the waist retaining assembly 300 andthe patient may be provided with a high polymer material bandage, andfilled with soft and comfortable foamed rubber, thereby increasingwearing comfort and use experience of the patient.

In other embodiments combinable with some embodiments of the invention,the waist retaining assembly 300 comprises a waist retainer 310 incontact with the patient and a waist retainer support 320 attaching thewaist retainer 310 to the body frame 100. The waist retainer 310 isabove the body frame 100 and extends between both sides of the bodyframe 100. In the process of walking of the normal person, a center ofgravity of the human body has a quantity of floating of about 20 to 30mm in a vertical direction. The waist retainer support 320 is configuredto float up and down in the vertical direction to cooperate withfloating of the center of gravity of the human body in the verticaldirection during walking of the normal person.

FIG. 8 is a perspective diagram of the waist retainer 310. As shown inFIG. 8, the waist retainer 310 comprises a pair of brackets 311 fixed tothe waist retainer support 320, and a pair of baffle plates 311 pivotedto the corresponding brackets 311 at one end, such that the baffleplates 311 may be opened and closed, thereby facilitating the paraplegicpatient to convert at spatial positions of wearing in a sitting postureand walking in a standing posture. The waist retainer 310 furthercomprises a bolt 313 detachably connected to the baffle plates 311,thereby ensuring integral rigidity and stability of the waist retainer310 after the baffle plates 311 are closed. The bolt 313 may be a carbonfiber material.

Referring to FIG. 9, FIG. 9 is a perspective diagram of the waistretainer support 320. The retainer support 320 comprises a fixingportion 321 attached to the top of the body frame 100, an adjustingportion 322 and a floating portion 323 connected to the waist retainer310. The fixing portion 321 is formed with holes at both ends, and anoptical axis 324 passes through the holes of the fixing portion 321 andis assembled with the fixing portion 321 through a linear bearing (notshown), such that the optical axis 324 can move in the holes of thefixing portion 321 in a vertical direction. The adjusting portion 322 isalso formed with holes at both ends, and attached to the optical axis324 at the opening through the linear bearing (not shown), and theadjusting portion 322 may move up and down along an extending direction(the vertical direction) of the optical axis 324. A top of the opticalaxis 324 is connected to the floating portion 323. The adjusting portion322 is further connected to the fixing portion 321 through a liftingscrew rod 325 (such as, a cylindrical screw rod), and adjusts a distancebetween the fixing portion 321 and the adjusting portion 322 in thevertical direction through an adjusting mechanism 326 on the fixingportion 321. The floating portion 323 is further connected to theadjusting portion 322 through an elastic member 327 (such as, a towerspring). The distance between the adjusting portion 322 and the fixingportion 321 in the vertical direction may be adjusted by adjusting thelifting screw rod 325. In other words, a position of the adjustingportion 322 relative to the body frame 100 in the vertical direction maybe adjusted, thereby adjusting a vertical position of the waist retainer310 connected to the waist retainer support 320, so it may be possibleto provide mounting positions of different waist retainers 310 fordifferent heights of patients. Since the floating portion 323 isconnected to the adjusting portion 322 through the elastic member 327,when the patient uses for rehabilitation training, the floating portion323 can float up and down together with the waist retainer 310 connectedto the floating portion 323 correspondingly relative to the adjustingportion 322 according to the quantity of floating of the center ofgravity of the human body in the vertical direction when the patientwalks.

To sum up, the training device in the invention realizes walkrehabilitation training of the patient only through simple mechanicalstructure without assistance of electronic devices. Therefore, themanufacturing cost is low while saving the expensive research anddevelopment fees desired for developing an intelligent control programmatched with the training device having electronic devices. Only onemedical worker or even a normal operator may provide walk rehabilitationtraining for the patient, thereby improving durability and treatmenteffect of the rehabilitation training.

Of course, the invention also may have various other embodiments, andthose skilled in the art may make various corresponding modificationsand variations without departing from spirit and essence of theinvention, but these corresponding modifications and variations shallbelong to the scope protected by the appended claims of the invention.

1. A cam for an unpowered multi-joint synchronous training device,wherein the cam has a circular main body, a cam slot is disposed on afirst side surface of the circular main body, and a contour of the camslot is configured such that rotational movement of the cam drives afollower provided in the cam slot to perform variable-speedreciprocation motion along a predetermined horizontal axis, wherein, foreach rotation of the cam, the follower performs reciprocating motiononce between a first position and a second position on the predeterminedhorizontal axis; the first position is a position of the follower alongthe horizontal axis when the follower is at a position of the contourclosest to a center of the circular main body, and the second positionis a position of the follower along the horizontal axis when thefollower is at the position of the contour farthest from the center ofthe circular main body; and the reciprocating motion drives a drivenobject connected to the follower to perform variable-speed oscillationwithin a range of an angle.
 2. The cam according to claim 1, wherein thedriven object is man's thigh, the angle is an oscillation angle of thethigh with hip as an axis when a normal person walks, and thevariable-speed oscillation is oscillation of the thigh when the normalperson walks.
 3. The cam according to claim 1, wherein the cam furthercomprises a second cam slot disposed on a second side surface oppositeto the first side surface of the circular main body, and a secondcontour of the second cam slot is configured such that rotationalmovement of the cam drives a second follower provided in the second camslot to perform another reciprocation motion along the horizontal axis,the second contour being different from the contour, wherein, for eachrotation of the cam, the second follower performs reciprocating motiononce between a third position and a fourth position on the predeterminedhorizontal axis; the third position is a position of the second followeralong the horizontal axis when the second follower is at a position ofthe second contour closest to the center of the circular main body, andthe fourth position is a position of the second follower along thehorizontal axis when the second follower is at the position of thesecond contour farthest from the center of the circular main body; andthe another reciprocating motion drives another driven object connectedto the second follower to perform variable-speed oscillation within arange of another angle.
 4. The cam according to claim 3, wherein theanother driven object is man's lower leg, the another angle is anoscillation angle of the lower leg with hip as an axis when a normalperson walks, and the another variable-speed oscillation is oscillationof the lower leg when the normal person walks.
 5. A non-circular gearpair for an unpowered multi-joint synchronous training device,comprising a driving non-circular gear and a driven non-circular gear indriving engagement with the driving non-circular gear, wherein, thedriving non-circular gear and the driven non-circular gear have the samenumber of teeth and a fixed center distance, a pitch line of the drivingnon-circular gear and the driven non-circular gear is configured suchthat for each rotation of the driving non-circular gear, the drivingnon-circular gear drives a follower disposed on a first side surface ofthe driven non-circular gear to perform variable-speed reciprocatingmotion once between a first position and a second position; the firstposition is a position of the follower closest to an axis of rotation ofthe driving non-circular gear, and the second position is a position ofthe follower farthest from the axis of rotation of the drivingnon-circular gear; and the variable-speed reciprocating motion drives adriven object connected to the follower to perform variable-speedoscillation within a range of an angle.
 6. The non-circular gear pairaccording to claim 5, wherein the driven object is man's thigh or lowerleg, the angle is an oscillation angle of the thigh with hip as an axisor an oscillation angle of the lower leg with hip as an axis when anormal person walks, and the variable-speed oscillation is oscillationof the thigh or the lower leg when the normal person walks. 7.(canceled)
 8. A method of manufacturing a cam, comprising the steps of:(a) providing a circular main body, and disposing a follower on a sidesurface of the circular main body, the follower being movable on theside surface only in a horizontal direction; (b) allowing the followerto perform variable-speed reciprocating motion once between a firstposition and a second position on the side surface of a disk sheet; (c)rotating the disk sheet at a constant speed while executing the step(b), wherein a period when the follower performs the variable-speedreciprocating motion once is the same as a period when the disk sheetrotates once; and (d) taking a trace of movement of the follower on theside surface of the disk sheet as a cam contour to form a cam slot onthe side surface of the circular main body, wherein a distance betweenthe first position and a center of the circular main body is equal to adistance between a position of the cam contour closest to the center andthe center, and a distance between the second position and the center isequal to a distance between a position of the cam contour farthest fromthe center and the center.
 9. The method according to claim 8, furthercomprising the step of: providing a leg rod fixed to man's leg, the legrod having a thigh portion and a lower leg portion connected to eachother, connecting the follower to the thigh portion or the lower legportion through a connecting rod, and driving the follower to performthe variable-speed reciprocating motion using variable-speed oscillationof the thigh portion with hip as an axis when a normal person walks, ordriving the follower to perform the variable-speed reciprocating motionusing variable-speed oscillation of the lower leg portion with hip as anaxis when a normal person walks.
 10. (canceled)
 11. A method ofmanufacturing a non-circular gear pair, comprising the steps of:providing a driving non-circular gear and a driven non-circular gearengaged with each other, wherein the driving non-circular gear and thedriven non-circular gear have the same number of teeth and a fixedcenter distance, and disposing a follower on a side surface of thedriven non-circular gear, wherein a pitch line of the drivingnon-circular gear and the driven non-circular gear is configured suchthat for each rotation of the driving non-circular gear, the drivingnon-circular gear drives the follower to perform variable-speedreciprocating motion once between a first position and a secondposition, wherein, the first position is a position of the followerclosest to an axis of rotation of the driving non-circular gear, and thesecond position is a position of the follower farthest from the axis ofrotation of the driving non-circular gear; and the variable-speedreciprocating motion drives a driven object connected to the follower toperform variable-speed oscillation within a range of an angle.
 12. Themethod of manufacturing a non-circular gear pair according to claim 11,wherein the driven object is man's thigh or lower leg, the angle is anoscillation angle of the thigh with hip as an axis or an oscillationangle of the lower leg with hip as an axis when a normal person walks,and the variable-speed oscillation is oscillation of the thigh or thelower leg when the normal person walks.
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 14. Atransmission mechanism for an unpowered multi joint synchronous trainingdevice, comprising: a wheel assembly; a transmission assembly in drivingconnection with the wheel assembly; a drive assembly in drivingconnection with the transmission assembly, and having a cam; and a legrod assembly connected to the drive assembly through a connecting rod,such that the leg rod assembly oscillates under driving of thetransmission assembly, wherein the cam has a circular main body, a firstcam slot and a second cam slot disposed on a first side surface and asecond side surface opposite to the first side surface of the circularmain body, the first cam slot has a first contour and the second camslot has a second contour different from the first contour, the firstand second contour are configured such that rotational movement of thecam drives a first follower provided in the first cam slot and a secondfollower provided in the second cam slot to perform variable-speedreciprocation motion along a predetermined horizontal axis for eachrotation of the cam, the first follower performs a first reciprocatingmotion once between a first position and a second position on thepredetermined horizontal axis, and the second follower performs a secondreciprocating motion once between a third position and a fourth positionon the predetermined horizontal axis; the first position is a positionof the first follower along the horizontal axis when the first followeris at a position of the first contour closest to a center of thecircular main body, and the second position is a position of the firstfollower along the horizontal axis when the first follower is at theposition of the first contour farthest from the center of the circularmain body; the third position is a position of the second follower alongthe horizontal axis when the second follower is at a position of thesecond contour closest to the center of the circular main body, and thefourth position is a position of the second follower along thehorizontal axis when the second follower is at the position of thesecond contour farthest from the center of the circular main body; thefirst reciprocating motion drives a driven object connected to the firstfollower to perform variable-speed oscillation within a range of anangle, the second reciprocating motion drives another driven objectconnected to the second follower to perform variable-speed oscillationwithin a range of another angle.
 15. The transmission mechanismaccording to claim 14, wherein the drive assembly further comprises: asupport for supporting the cam; and an oscillating rod having one endconnected to a follower of the drive assembly, and the other end fixedlyconnected to the support.
 16. (canceled)
 17. The transmission mechanismaccording to claim 14, wherein the leg rod assembly comprises: a thighrod; and a lower leg rod connected to the thigh rod at a knee positionof the leg rod assembly through a bearing; wherein the connecting rodconnects the follower to the thigh rod, such that the thigh rod performsvariable-speed oscillation within a range of an angle under driving ofthe follower, the angle is an angle of the thigh with hip as an axiswhen a normal person walks, and the variable-speed oscillation isoscillation of the thigh when the normal person walks.
 18. Thetransmission mechanism according to claim 17, further comprising: alower leg oscillating rod; a second connecting rod having one endconnected to the lower leg rod through the lower leg oscillating rod,the lower leg oscillating rod disposed at a position of the thigh rodcorresponding to the hip, and the other end connected to a secondfollower of the drive assembly; and a second oscillating rod having oneend connected to the second follower, and the other end fixedlyconnected to the support; wherein, the second follower drives the lowerleg rod to perform another variable-speed oscillation within a range ofanother angle, the another angle is an angle of the lower leg with hipas an axis when a normal person walks, and the another variable-speedoscillation is oscillation of the lower leg when the normal personwalks.
 19. A transmission mechanism for an unpowered multi jointsynchronous training device, comprising: a wheel assembly; atransmission assembly in driving connection with the wheel assembly; adrive assembly in driving connection with the transmission assembly, andhaving a non-circular gear pair; and a leg rod assembly connected to thedrive assembly through a connecting rod, such that the leg rod assemblyoscillates under driving of the transmission assembly, wherein thenon-circular gear pair comprising a driving non-circular gear and adriven non-circular gear in driving engagement with the drivingnon-circular gear, the driving non-circular gear and the drivennon-circular gear have the same number of teeth and a fixed centerdistance, a pitch line of the driving non-circular gear and the drivennon-circular gear is configured such that for each rotation of thedriving non-circular gear, the driving non-circular gear drives afollower disposed on a first side surface of the driven non-circulargear to perform variable-speed reciprocating motion once between a firstposition and a second position; the first position is a position of thefollower closest to an axis of rotation of the driving non-circulargear, and the second position is a position of the follower farthestfrom the axis of rotation of the driving non-circular gear; and thevariable-speed reciprocating motion drives a driven object connected tothe follower to perform variable-speed oscillation within a range of anangle.
 20. The transmission mechanism according to claim 19, wherein theleg rod assembly comprises: a thigh rod; and a lower leg rod connectedto the thigh rod at a knee position of the leg rod assembly through abearing; wherein the connecting rod connects a follower of the driveassembly to the thigh rod, such that the thigh rod performsvariable-speed oscillation within a range of an angle under driving ofthe follower, the angle is an angle of the thigh with hip as an axiswhen a normal person walks, and the variable-speed oscillation isoscillation of the thigh when the normal person walks.
 21. Thetransmission mechanism according to claim 19, further comprising:another drive assembly, wherein the another drive assembly has the sameconfiguration as that of the non-circular gear pair of the driveassembly; a lower leg oscillating rod; a second connecting rod havingone end connected to the lower leg rod through the lower leg oscillatingrod, the lower leg oscillating rod disposed at a position of the thighrod corresponding to the hip, and the other end connected to a secondfollower of the another drive assembly; and a second oscillating rodhaving one end connected to the second follower, and the other endfixedly connected to the support; wherein, the second follower drivesthe lower leg rod to perform another variable-speed oscillation within arange of another angle, the another angle is an oscillation angle of thelower leg with hip as an axis when a normal person walks, and theanother variable-speed oscillation is oscillation of the lower leg whenthe normal person walks.
 22. (canceled)
 23. (canceled)
 24. An unpoweredmulti joint synchronous training device, comprising: a body frame; and afirst transmission mechanism and a second transmission mechanism mountedon both sides of the body frame; wherein, a drive assembly of the firsttransmission mechanism and a drive assembly of the second transmissionmechanism are connected by a shaft lever, and have a directionaldifference of 180°.
 25. The unpowered multi-joint synchronous trainingdevice according to claim 24, wherein the shaft lever comprises a firstrod portion, and a second rod portion connected to the first rod portionthrough a clutch.
 26. The unpowered multi-joint synchronous trainingdevice according to claim 24, wherein the first transmission mechanismand the second transmission mechanism are further connected by a secondshaft lever, and have a differential mechanism mounted to the secondshaft lever therebetween.
 27. (canceled)
 28. The unpowered multi-jointsynchronous training device according to claim 24, further having: awaist retainer connected to a top of the body frame and extendingbetween both sides of the frame; two waist retainer supports mounted tothe top of the body frame and located on both sides of the body frame,the waist retainer support comprising: a fixing portion fixedlyconnected to the body frame; an adjusting portion connected to thefixing portion through a lifting screw; and a floating portion connectedto the adjusting portion through an elastic member; wherein, both endsof the waist retainer are connected to the floating portion of thecorresponding waist retainer support.
 29. (canceled)
 30. (canceled) 31.The unpowered multi-joint synchronous training device according to claim24, wherein each of the first and second transmission mechanismcomprising: a wheel assembly; a transmission assembly in drivingconnection with the wheel assembly; a drive assembly in drivingconnection with the transmission assembly, and having a cam; and a legrod assembly connected to the drive assembly through a connecting rod,such that the leg rod assembly oscillates under driving of thetransmission assembly, wherein the cam has a circular main body, a firstcam slot and a second cam slot disposed on a first side surface and asecond side surface opposite to the first side surface of the circularmain body, the first cam slot has a first contour and the second camslot has a second contour different from the first contour, the firstand second contour are configured such that rotational movement of thecam drives a first follower provided in the first cam slot and a secondfollower provided in the second cam slot to perform variable-speedreciprocation motion along a predetermined horizontal axis for eachrotation of the cam, the first follower performs a first reciprocatingmotion once between a first position and a second position on thepredetermined horizontal axis, and the second follower performs a secondreciprocating motion once between a third position and a fourth positionon the predetermined horizontal axis; the first position is a positionof the first follower along the horizontal axis when the first followeris at a position of the first contour closest to a center of thecircular main body, and the second position is a position of the firstfollower along the horizontal axis when the first follower is at theposition of the first contour farthest from the center of the circularmain body; the third position is a position of the second follower alongthe horizontal axis when the second follower is at a position of thesecond contour closest to the center of the circular main body, and thefourth position is a position of the second follower along thehorizontal axis when the second follower is at the position of thesecond contour farthest from the center of the circular main body; thefirst reciprocating motion drives a driven object connected to the firstfollower to perform variable-speed oscillation within a range of anangle, the second reciprocating motion drives another driven objectconnected to the second follower to perform variable-speed oscillationwithin a range of another angle.
 32. The unpowered multi jointsynchronous training device according to claim 24, wherein each of thefirst and second transmission mechanism comprising: a wheel assembly; atransmission assembly in driving connection with the wheel assembly; adrive assembly in driving connection with the transmission assembly, andhaving a non-circular gear pair; and a leg rod assembly connected to thedrive assembly through a connecting rod, such that the leg rod assemblyoscillates under driving of the transmission assembly, wherein thenon-circular gear pair comprising a driving non-circular gear and adriven non-circular gear in driving engagement with the drivingnon-circular gear, the driving non-circular gear and the drivennon-circular gear have the same number of teeth and a fixed centerdistance, a pitch line of the driving non-circular gear and the drivennon-circular gear is configured such that for each rotation of thedriving non-circular gear, the driving non-circular gear drives afollower disposed on a first side surface of the driven non-circulargear to perform variable-speed reciprocating motion once between a firstposition and a second position; the first position is a position of thefollower closest to an axis of rotation of the driving non-circulargear, and the second position is a position of the follower farthestfrom the axis of rotation of the driving non-circular gear; and thevariable-speed reciprocating motion drives a driven object connected tothe follower to perform variable-speed oscillation within a range of anangle.